Non-Fiction & Other

This page displays a cross-referenced list of miscellaneous and non-fiction books reviewed to date, organized by category and alphabetical by title. The Songlines by Bruce Chatwin, for example, is located in both the Culture and Travel sections given the book is simultaneously a travelogue and perspective on Aboriginal life in Australia. You may click on any of the jump links below to skip ahead.
Biography
Culture
Criticism
History
Journalism
Philosophy
Poetry
Politics
Psychology and Mental Health
Reference
Science and Theory
Travel
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Biography

Beethoven (2000) Cooper, Barry
Below Another Sky (2001) Ridgeway, Rick
The Cat from Hue (2002) Laurence, John
Conquistadores (2008) Levy, Buddy 
The Disappointment Artist (2005) Lethem, Jonathan
The Feather Thief (2018) Johnson, Nick
From Cradle to Stage (2017) Grohl, Virginia Hanlon
The Gay Genius: The Life and Times of Su Tungpo (1947) Lin, Yutang
Greg Egan: Masters of Modern Science Fiction (2014) Burnham, Karen
In Other Worlds: SF and the Human Imagination (2011) Atwood, Margaret
The Life of Mahatma Gandhi (1951), Fischer, Louis
The Man Without a Face: The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin (2012) Gessen, Masha
My Life as an Explorer (1925) Hedin, Sven
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft (1999) King, Stephen
Priceless (2011) Wittman, Robert
A River in Darkness (2000) Ishikawa, Masaji  
Seven Years in Tibet (1952) Harrer, Heinrich
Shah Jahan: The Rise and Fall of the Mughal Emperor (2009) Nichol, Fergus
The Spy and the Traitor (2018) Macintyre, Ben
Texas Flood: The Inside Story of Stevie Ray Vaughn (2019) Paul, Alan; Aledort, Andy
The White Sniper: Simon Hayha (2016) Saarelainen, Tapio
A World Apart (1951) Herling, Gustav 

Culture
The 47 Ronin Allyn, John (trans.) 
Blood, Sweat, and Pixels (2016) Schreier, Jason
The Disappointment Artist (2005) Lethem, Jonathan
Distrust that Particular Flavor (2012) Gibson, William
From Cradle to Stage (2017) Grohl, Virginia Hanlon
The Great Courses: How Great Science Fiction Works (2016) Wolfe, Gary K.
Heaven, Earth and Man in the Book of Changes (1977) Wilhelm, Hellmut
Homage to Catalonia (1937) Orwell, George
iGen (2017) Twenge, Jean M. 
The Importance of Understanding (1960) Lin, Yutang (ed.)
The Jaguar Smile: A Nicaraguan Journey (1987) Rushdie, Salman
Methland: The Death and Life of an American Small Town (2009) Reding, Nick 
My Life as an Explorer (1925) Hedin, Sven
An Outline History of China (1982) Bai, Shouyi
Raw Spirit: In Search ofthe Perfect Dram (2003) Banks, Iain 
River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze (2001) Hessler, Peter
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (2014) Harari, Yuvel Noah
The Songlines (1987) Chatwin, Bruce
The Tale of the Heike (1200) McCullough, Helen (trans.)
The Wisdom of China (1942) Lin, Yutang (ed.)
The Wisdom of India (1942) Lin, Yutang (ed.) 
Wisdom of the Mythtellers (1998) Kane, Sean

Criticism
Beginning Theory: An Introduction to Literary and Cultural Theory (2009, 3rd ed.) Barry, Peter
Global Discontents: Conversations on the Rising Threats to Democracy (2017) Chomsky, Noam
Greg Egan: Masters of Modern Science Fiction (2014) Burnham, Karen
In Other Worlds: SF and the Human Imagination (2011) Atwood, Margaret 
One Earth, One People: The Mythopoeic FantasySeries of Ursula K. Le Guin, Lloyd Alexander, Madeleine L'Engle and Orson Scott Card (2009) Oziewicz, Marek 
Requiem for the American Dream (2016) Chomsky, Noam
Seven Types of Atheism (2018) Gray, John
Twilight of the Machines (2008) Zerzan, John 

History
The 47 Ronin Allyn, John (trans.)
Blood, Sweat, and Pixels (2016) Schreier, Jason
The Cat from Hue (2002) Laurence, John
Conquistadores (2008) Levy, Buddy
Europe: A History (1996) Davies, Norman
The Explorers (1998) Flannery, Tim (ed.)
Homage to Catalonia (1937) Orwell, George
The Jaguar Smile: A Nicaraguan Journey (1987) Rushdie, Salman
Koh-i-noor: The History of the World's Most Infamous Diamond (2016) Anand, Anita & Dalrymple, William
Prisoners of the Castle (2022) Macintyre, Ben  
Red Star over China (1937) Snow, Edgar
Rising '44: The Battle for Warsaw (2004) Davies, Norman
A River in Darkness (2000) Ishikawa, Masaji
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (2014) Harari, Yuvel Noah
The Spy and the Traitor (2018) Macintyre, Ben
The Tale of the Heike (1200) McCullough, Helen (trans.)
Trillion Year Spree: The History of Science Fiction (1986) Aldiss, Brian
Wisdom of the Mythtellers (1998) Kane, Sean
A World Apart (1951) Herling, Gustav

 Journalism
The Cat from Hue (2002) Laurence, John
12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos (2018) Peterson, Jordan
 Existentialism from Dostoevsky to Sartre (1956) Kaufmann, Walter (ed.)
The Importance of Understanding (1960) Lin, Yutang (ed.)
Seven Types of Atheism (2018) Gray, John
The Wisdom of China (1942) Lin, Yutang (ed.) 
The Wisdom of India (1942) Lin, Yutang (ed.)
Wandering: Notes & Sketches (1972) Hesse, Hermann 

Poetry
Collected Poems of Henry David Thoreau (1850s) Bode, Carl (ed.)
Complete Works of Tao Yuanming (circa 400 AD) Wang, Rongpei (ed.)
The Gay Genius: The Life and Times of Su Tungpo (1947) Lin, Yutang 
The Importance of Understanding (1960) Lin, Yutang (ed.)
Selected Works: Poetry and Prose Pushkin, Alexander
Sunflower Splendor (1990) Liu, Wuqi & Lo, Yucheng (eds.)

Politics
Global Discontents: Conversations on the Rising Threats to Democracy (2017) Chomsky, Noam
Homage to Catalonia (1937) Orwell, George
Requiem for the American Dream (2016) Chomsky, Noam 
 
Psychology and Mental Health
iGen (2017) Twenge, Jean M. 
Integral Psychology (2007) Wilber, Ken
No-Drama Discipline (2014) Siegel, Daniel & Bryson Tina Payne
People Skills: How to Assert Yourself, Listen to Others, and Resolve Conflicts (1979) Bolton, Robert
The Self-Driven Child (2018) Johnson, Ned & Stixrud, William

Reference
Beginning Theory: An Introduction to Literary and Cultural Theory (2009, 3rd ed.) Barry, Peter
Enterprise Architecture & Design (2012) Duggan, Dominic
The Four Disciplines of Execution (2012) Covery, Sean; Huling, Jim; McChesney, Chris
Dinosaurs Rediscovered (2019) Benton, Michael
Mars Rover Curiosity (2017) Manning, Rob & Simon, William  
A New Science of Life (1981) Sheldrake, Rupert
Panpsychism in the West (2009) Skrbina, David
The Planets (2019) Cohen, Andrew & Cox, Brian
Raising a Screen-Smart Kid (2019) by Julianna Miner
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (2014) Harari, Yuvel Noah 
Science and the Akashic Field: An Integral Theory of Everything (2007) Laszlo, Ervin
The Self-Driven Child (2018) Johnson, Ned & Stixrud, William
SuperBetter: The Power of Living Gamefully (2016) McGonigal, Jane
The Voyage of the Beagle (1839) Darwin, Charles
Wholeness and the Implicate Order (1980) Bohm, David
Why We Sleep (2017) Walker, Matthew

 Travel
Below Another Sky (2001) Ridgeway, Rick
The Explorers (1998) Flannery, Tim (ed.)
The Expat: Mission Iraq (2015) Al Madanat, Marcel
The Jaguar Smile: A Nicaraguan Journey (1987) Rushdie, Salman
Journey Without Maps (1936) Greene, Graham 
The Log from the Sea of Cortez (1951) Steinbeck, John & Ricketts, Edward
My Life as an Explorer (1925) Hedin, Sven
Raw Spirit: In Search ofthe Perfect Dram (2003) Banks, Iain
River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze (2001) Hessler, Peter 
Sailing Alone around the World (1899) Slocum, Joshua
Seven Years in Tibet (1952) Harrer, Heinrich
The Songlines (1987) Chatwin, Bruce
The Voyage of the Beagle (1839) Darwin, Charles 
Tracks (1980) Davidson, Robin
Wandering: Notes & Sketches (1972) Hesse, Hermann


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